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2019 • R • 2h 15m • Drama • A24

Love is patient.

🍅 84% 81%

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3.98

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$134K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$1.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$2.70M

$1.00M international

Domestic legs4.0x from $420K biggest weekend

2019 rank#215

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Cast & crew

Full Shults filmography

Trey Edward Shults

Trey Edward Shults Director

Taylor Russell

Taylor Russell Starring

Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown Starring

Lucas Hedges

Lucas Hedges Starring

ScreenplayTrey Edward Shults Produced byKevin Turen, Trey Edward Shults, James Wilson CinematographyDrew Daniels Music byTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 15-17 27 $134.3K — 4 $33,583 $134.3K

2 Nov 22-24 25 $165.9K +23.5% 21 $7,902 $333.2K

3 Nov 29-Dec 1 26 $140.5K −15.3% 47 $2,989 $564.1K

4 Dec 6-8 21 $420.2K +199.1% 570 $737 $1.0M

5 Dec 13-15 25 $112.3K −73.3% 281 $400 $1.4M

6 Dec 20-22 31 $33.6K −70.1% 51 $659 $1.5M

7 Dec 27-29 42 $21.8K −35.2% 20 $1,089 $1.6M

8 Jan 3-5 45 $16.5K −24.2% 22 $750 $1.6M

9 Jan 10-12 53 $5.7K −65.6% 5 $1,134 $1.6M

10 Jan 17-19 53 $3.3K −41.3% 8 $416 $1.6M

11 Jan 24-26 55 $2.9K −12.3% 5 $584 $1.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 15 — $47.7K — $47.7K 4 $11,927 1

Sat Nov 16 — $57.0K +19.4% $104.7K 4 $14,244 2

Sun Nov 17 — $29.7K −48.0% $134.3K 4 $7,413 3

Mon Nov 18 — $6.9K −76.9% $141.2K 4 $1,715 4

Tue Nov 19 — $9.4K +36.4% $150.5K 4 $2,339 5

Wed Nov 20 — $9.9K +5.8% $160.4K 4 $2,476 6

Thu Nov 21 — $6.8K −31.5% $167.2K 4 $1,695 7

Fri Nov 22 — $65.6K +867.5% +37.5% $232.8K 21 $3,124 8

Sat Nov 23 — $56.7K −13.6% −0.6% $289.5K 21 $2,698 9

Sun Nov 24 — $43.7K −22.9% +47.3% $333.2K 21 $2,080 10

Mon Nov 25 — $21.3K −51.1% +211.1% $354.5K 21 $1,016 11

Tue Nov 26 — $16.7K −21.7% +78.6% $371.2K 21 $796 12

Wed Nov 27 — $34.6K +106.9% +249.0% $405.8K 44 $785 13

Thu Nov 28 — $17.9K −48.3% +163.6% $423.6K 44 $406 14

Fri Nov 29 — $48.5K +171.6% −26.0% $472.2K 47 $1,033 15

Sat Nov 30 — $50.0K +2.9% −11.8% $522.2K 47 $1,063 16

Sun Dec 1 — $42.0K −16.0% −4.0% $564.1K 47 $893 17

Mon Dec 2 — $12.1K −71.3% −43.5% $576.2K 47 $257 18

Tue Dec 3 — $16.8K +39.3% +0.6% $593.0K 47 $357 19

Wed Dec 4 — $15.6K −7.0% −54.8% $608.6K 47 $332 20

Thu Dec 5 — $15.9K +1.5% −11.3% $624.5K 47 $337 21

Fri Dec 6 — $129.6K +716.9% +166.9% $754.0K 570 $227 22

Sat Dec 7 — $158.5K +22.4% +217.2% $912.5K 570 $278 23

Sun Dec 8 — $132.1K −16.6% +215.0% $1.0M 570 $232 24

Mon Dec 9 — $53.4K −59.6% +343.1% $1.1M 570 $94 25

Tue Dec 10 — $79.0K +47.9% +370.5% $1.2M 570 $139 26

Wed Dec 11 — $59.3K −24.9% +279.9% $1.2M 570 $104 27

Thu Dec 12 — $51.2K −13.8% +222.7% $1.3M 570 $90 28

Fri Dec 13 — $32.2K −37.0% −75.1% $1.3M 281 $115 29

Sat Dec 14 — $43.2K +34.1% −72.7% $1.4M 281 $154 30

Sun Dec 15 — $36.8K −14.8% −72.1% $1.4M 281 $131 31

Mon Dec 16 — $20.3K −45.0% −62.1% $1.4M 281 $72 32

Tue Dec 17 — $30.3K +49.5% −61.7% $1.5M 281 $108 33

Wed Dec 18 — $27.5K −9.2% −53.7% $1.5M 281 $98 34

Thu Dec 19 — $22.3K −18.7% −56.3% $1.5M 281 $80 35

Fri Dec 20 — $10.5K −53.0% −67.4% $1.5M 51 $206 36

Sat Dec 21 — $12.2K +16.0% −71.8% $1.5M 51 $239 37

Sun Dec 22 — $10.9K −10.1% −70.3% $1.5M 51 $215 38

Mon Dec 23 — $9.7K −11.2% −52.0% $1.5M 51 $191 39

Tue Dec 24 — $6.9K −28.9% −77.2% $1.6M 51 $136 40

Wed Dec 25 — $5.5K −21.0% −80.1% $1.6M 51 $107 41

Thu Dec 26 — $6.7K +23.2% −69.9% $1.6M 51 $132 42

Fri Dec 27 — $7.2K +7.7% −31.0% $1.6M 20 $362 43

Sat Dec 28 — $8.1K +11.5% −33.7% $1.6M 20 $404 44

Sun Dec 29 — $6.5K −20.0% −40.9% $1.6M 20 $323 45

Mon Dec 30 — $6.3K −3.1% −35.5% $1.6M 20 $313 46

Tue Dec 31 — $5.8K −7.7% −16.4% $1.6M 20 $289 47

Wed Jan 1 — $6.6K +13.5% +20.2% $1.6M 20 $328 48

Thu Jan 2 — $6.7K +1.5% −0.9% $1.6M 20 $333 49

Fri Jan 3 — $5.2K −21.8% −28.1% $1.6M 22 $237 50

Sat Jan 4 — $5.5K +5.8% −31.8% $1.6M 22 $250 51

Sun Jan 5 — $5.8K +5.1% −10.4% $1.6M 22 $263 52

Mon Jan 6 — $2.1K −64.2% −66.9% $1.6M 22 $94 53

Tue Jan 7 — $2.0K −2.6% −65.0% $1.6M 22 $92 54

Wed Jan 8 — $3.0K +50.3% −53.7% $1.6M 22 $138 55

Thu Jan 9 — $2.1K −29.4% −67.8% $1.6M 22 $97 56

Fri Jan 10 — $1.4K −32.9% −72.4% $1.6M 5 $288 57

Sat Jan 11 — $2.0K +38.2% −63.9% $1.6M 5 $398 58

Sun Jan 12 — $2.2K +12.8% −61.3% $1.6M 5 $448 59

Mon Jan 13 — $1.8K −19.9% −13.5% $1.6M 5 $359 60

Tue Jan 14 — $1.1K −41.1% −47.7% $1.6M 5 $211 61

Wed Jan 15 — $1.4K +36.1% −52.6% $1.6M 5 $288 62

Thu Jan 16 — $1.1K −20.9% −46.9% $1.6M 5 $228 63

Fri Jan 17 — $909 −20.1% −36.8% $1.6M 8 $114 64

Sat Jan 18 — $1.4K +48.7% −32.0% $1.6M 8 $169 65

Sun Jan 19 — $1.1K −21.0% −52.4% $1.6M 8 $134 66

Mon Jan 20 — $1.2K +10.1% −34.5% $1.7M 8 $147 67

Tue Jan 21 — $578 −50.9% −45.3% $1.7M 8 $72 68

Wed Jan 22 — $682 +18.0% −52.6% $1.7M 8 $85 69

Thu Jan 23 — $910 +33.4% −20.0% $1.7M 8 $114 70

Fri Jan 24 — $773 −15.1% −15.0% $1.7M 5 $155 71

Sat Jan 25 — $921 +19.1% −31.9% $1.7M 5 $184 72

Sun Jan 26 — $1.2K +33.0% +14.7% $1.7M 5 $245 73

Mon Jan 27 — $612 −50.0% −48.0% $1.7M 5 $122 74

Tue Jan 28 — $692 +13.1% +19.7% $1.7M 5 $138 75

Wed Jan 29 — $667 −3.6% −2.2% $1.7M 5 $133 76

Thu Jan 30 — $579 −13.2% −36.4% $1.7M 5 $116 77

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$1.7M

Nov 15Dec 2Dec 20Jan 6Jan 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.3K

$134.3K

$165.9K

$140.5K

$420.2K

$112.3K

$33.6K

$21.8K

$16.5K

$5.7K

$3.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 570 → 8 −98.6%

4 open8 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.3%

+23.5%

W1→2

−15.3%

W2→3

+199.1%

W3→4

−73.3%

W4→5

−70.1%

W5→6

−35.2%

W6→7

−24.2%

W7→8

−65.6%

W8→9

−41.3%

W9→10

Steepest −73.3%Biggest gain +199.1%

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